Washington, DC: Unites States Coast & Geodetic Survey, 1888. An interesting map of the Pacific Coast, from the U.S. - Canadian border south into central Mexico. "Constructed from Observations made by Spanish Navigators between 1774-1790 San Blas, Mex. to Vancouver Island" This map is printed in blue ink..... More
Washington, DC: Unites States Coast & Geodetic Survey, 1889. Folio. A beautiful 1889 nautical map of Hawaii printed before the United States overthrew the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani in 1893 and after a constitutional government was established by the minority white agricultural barons in 1887 under the Bayonet Constitution... More
Cambridge, Maryland: Tidewater Publishers, 1977. Quarto. A vibrant narrative of the Ward brothers' lives and their achievements, increasingly difficult to find. Green cloth with gilt titling on spine with large gilt duck illustration on front board. Slight wear on bottom binding edges. Interior is clean except for..... More
Chicago, Ill: The University of Chicago Press, 1935. 8vo. A beautiful 1st Edition with a warm inscription to a colleague on the half title page, signed boldly in blue ink. Red cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Very mild wear to binding. Beautiful Art Deco illustrated dust jacket..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903. 1st Edition Thus. 8vo. A beautiful 1903 Limited Edition facsimile reprint of this important early American work, originally published in 1588, nearly 20 years before the first settlement at Jamestown. "Thomas Hariot (often spelled Harriot) was an English mathematician, astronomer, linguist, and..... More
Stockholm, Sweden: Jan Forlag, Fritzes, 1947. 1st Edition. Quarto. Guaguin's facsimile manuscript journal intermingled with vibrant watercolors of images of the natives and daily life of Tahiti. Quarter yellow cloth over yellow typographical paper-covered boards. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Mild rubbing and edge wear. Dust jacket with moderate..... More